decision box refresh possible

[Sunni sunni]

Thanks Mike, Jocelyn for your suggestions
 
I've written a short program which calls function module swl_wi_replace
(copied and modified it slightly) to automatically replace reserved items
for the necessary decision task, I will recommend its ran as a night batch
job for instances where the user may have forgotten to replace and gone
home.
 
I didnt know you could loop in a modelled deadline into the main workflow??
 
Cheers
Sunni
 
 
>From: Michael Pokraka <workflow at quirky.me.uk>
>Reply-To: SAP Workflow Users' Group <SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
>To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: Re: decision box refresh possible
>Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 15:59:29 +0000
>
>Hi,
>If you really insist on this behaviour (see previous threads on this),
>you could add a modelled deadline to replace/loop the workitem after a
>short period of time - e.g. 1/2hour or so. Of course you might run into
>the danger of the situation which the 'reserve ' concept avoids: Someone
>starts the task, gets distracted/needs to do more research. In the
>meantime someone else starts it as well, and wastes time doing exactly
>what the first one is already doing.
>User education to either complete a task you started or to replace it is
>not such a bad thing.
>
>Of course you could use a simple deadline and just drop XYZ a reminder
>that they've started this task 4 hours ag and could they please complete
>or replace it.
>
>Cheers
>Mike
>
>
>On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 01:12:27PM +0000, Sunni sunni wrote:
> > Hi again
> >
> > Still trying to automatically replace the work item in a user decision
>step
> > which has been reserved.
> >
> > I used an After method for object  workitem (method status_changed) and
> > passed it the new status via bindings, to change the status.  This
>didn't
> > work, I think because the aftermethod kicks off when the workitem is
> > 'executed', but if I select 'cancel and keep work item' in the user
>decision
> > step, the work item is not executed yet.
> >
> > It was worth a try, are there are any other ideas?
> >
> > Cheers
> > Sunni
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Dart, Jocelyn" <jocelyn.dart at sap.com>
> > >Reply-To: SAP Workflow Users' Group <SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> > >To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> > >Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 23:15:27 +0100
> > >
> > >Sunni,
> > >Have you tried using an AFTER method to programmatically replace (e.g.
>via
> > >a WAPI) the
> > >work item if no decision was made?
> > >Worth a shot.
> > >Regards,
> > >        Jocelyn Dart
> > >Consultant (SRM, EBP, Workflow)
> > >and co-author of the book
> > >"Practical Workflow for SAP"
> > >SAP Australia
> > >email: jocelyn.dart at sap.com
> > >phone: +61 412 390 267
> > >fax:   +61 2 9935 4880
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Sunni sunni [mailto:sunnilondon at hotmail.com]
> > >Sent: Friday, 31 January 2003 4:54 AM
> > >To: SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> > >Subject:
> > >
> > >
> > >Hi Workflow Gurus
> > >
> > >I have a request from a client regarding a user decision step that I
> > >created
> > >(accept / reject).  There is an automatically generated 3rd outcome
>'cancel
> > >and keep work item in my inbox'.  The client is unhappy about this,
>because
> > >when clicking on this step, the item remains in 'reserved' status so it
>is
> > >not visible to the group - the client see the manual process of
>'replacing'
> > >too cumbersome.
> > >
> > >I thought of a workaround which is to add a button to 'resubmit' which
> > >could
> > >completed the decision work item and loop around and assign it again,
>that
> > >way it would not be in 'reserve' status.  My problem is that I can't
>get
> > >rid
> > >of the auto generated 'cancel' outcome - does anyone know how to do
>this or
> > >a know of a workaround?
> > >
> > >Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated, the client is pressuring
>me
> > >for
> > >an answer by tomorrow.
> > >
> > >Many Thanks
> > >Sunni.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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